And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Exodus
LawI have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
Joshua
HistoryFor with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Genesis
LawI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job
WisdomAnd Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThese see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsO LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.